• Best Supporting Actress

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Kim Basinger

  • Best Adapted Screenplay

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Brian Helgeland

  • Best Editing

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Peter Honess

  • Best Picture

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Michael Nathanson

  • Best Sound

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Kirk A. Francis
    Andy Nelson
    Anna Behlmer

  • Best Cinematography

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Dante Spinotti

  • Best Art Direction

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Jeannine Oppewall
    Jay R. Hart

  • Best Dramatic Score

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Jerry Goldsmith

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Cinematography

    Nominated
    American Society of Cinematographers
    1997
    Dante Spinotti

  • Best Adapted Screenplay

    Won
    Broadcast Film Critics Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Brian Helgeland

  • Best Screenplay

    Won
    Chicago Film Critics Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Brian Helgeland

  • Best Director

    Won
    Chicago Film Critics Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Directors Guild of America
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

    Won
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1997
    Kim Basinger

  • Best Screenplay

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Brian Helgeland

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Original Score

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1997
    Jerry Goldsmith

  • Best Screenplay

    Won
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Brian Helgeland

  • Best Director

    Won
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Cinematography

    Won
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    1997
    Dante Spinotti

  • Best Director

    Won
    National Board of Review
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Screenplay

    Won
    National Society of Film Critics
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Brian Helgeland

  • Best Director

    Won
    National Society of Film Critics
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Screenplay

    Won
    New York Film Critics Circle
    1997
    Curtis Hanson
    Brian Helgeland

  • Best Director

    Won
    New York Film Critics Circle
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

  • Best Supporting Actress

    Won
    Screen Actors Guild
    1997
    Kim Basinger

  • Best Director [Runner-up]

    Won
    Toronto Film Critics Association
    1997
    Curtis Hanson

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